PERTH AMBOY – United Messengers Of Peace is a community group formed mainly by Students with the support of their parents and other members of the Community.  The Group has its goal of identifying concerns and/or issues in the community and try to resolve them, if possible, but in a non hostile negative setting. No politics is allowed, nor any aggressive/ negative behavior is tolerated.

Community Parental Forum Meeting: August 15, 2013 @ 6:00 p.m. Perth Amboy High School Auditorium. Topic To Be Discussed: Changes Of Curriculum (Removal of Gifted & Talented program at Elementary Level, Honors Program at Middle School Level and how it affects at High School Level the removal of Honors Programs).

Members from the group will express their concerns and afterwards the community may be able to comment on the Group’s presentation and/or on their own concerns. If anyone present could answer any questions it will be answered. To this meeting the BOE Administrators were invited to serve as Mediators, especially the Vice Principals, but Dr. Caffrey declined the request from the Group. Dr. Caffrey, Dr. Collazo, BOE Members and key people of the community were supposed to be our most important, but do to Dr. Caffrey’s decision no BOE Staff will be able to speak on behalf of the BOE. We will invite as Guests all the BOE Members, Mayor Diaz, City Council Members and the Community in general to attend this activity, as well as any media that wants to hear what the students have to say. Since it’s opened to everyone present, everyone has the opportunity to express themselves.

Whatever concerns/issues presented at this meeting shall be presented to Dr. Caffrey at another time by the Group and the Public could also address it at another date and time, like the BOE Meeting. Since Dr. Caffrey hasn’t allowed the community in general to express themselves openly. She has only met with a small selective group of students and parents. Dr Caffrey refuses to meet with the general community unless she knows the issues to be discussed, but how can the issues be presented if no meeting is carried out…

We all don’t think the same, eventually then my concern isn’t the same as John, David nor Peter; in conclusion no one could express the concerns of another person until that person is allowed to talk.

We are also happy to let you know that our organization is properly registered here in the State of NJ as a Nonprofit Organization and the Founder of the Group is Stephanie Rodriguez. She has turned her negative experience into a positive one in favor of her hometown Perth Amboy at the age of 14 years old.

 United Messengers Of Peace